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Leaked a couple of memos. this is what the president said. james comey illegally released classified documents to the press therefore the special counsel was established based on illegal act. does everybody know what that means? what he is trying to argue is that entire special counsel investigation is fruit of the poison tree, in other words, if comey broke the law then anything that happened after that is irrelevant. is there any possible case for that? >> no. its unlikely for it to be found. ...

Illegal act. fair point? >> well, the special counsel was based on russia interfering with a united states election. and i believe that every reasonable person clearly knows, by now, that russia interfered with our election. every american should be upset by that and should want to get to the bottom of it. the unanswered question is how -- if the trump campaign was involved and particularly if the president of the united states was involved in colluding with russia, that is why the special couns...

Himself mired ever since his campaign began, but certainly since his inauguration. so this would deepen his crisis if mr. cohen were to begin to testify in various ways about the kind of thinking within the campaign and a lot of its activities, the kind of business activities and financial connections that the trump organization has with a whole range of institutions internally and externally. >> well, lets look at mr. trumps latest tweet talking about this investigation. he plant been a fan of ...

Night james comey illegally leaked classified documents to the prez in order to generate a special counsel. therefore, the special counsel was established based on an illegal act, really. does everyone know what that means? that from the president. back with me are my legal experts larry noble and james schultz and also a cnn political commentator and assistant editor for the washington post informal were going to try to delve into a lot of topics that cover a wide range here. first, jim, did co...

Kind of whole idea of, ah, i won. democrats, you get the irs, the fbi, the cia. it was an assault on democracy in a fundamental way. >> its hard to imagine even in this day the criminality that was involved. >> it is, but whats so interesting to watch the trump situation is another president assert that he has these extraordinary powers and has an authoritarian bent, certainly in his words, that are suggestive of being willing to do all kinds of things. he might pull back from an illegal act, bu...

Kind of whole idea of, ah, i won. democrats, you get the irs, the fbi, the cia. it was an assault on democracy in a fundamental way. >> its hard to imagine even in this day the criminality that was involved. >> it is, but whats so interesting to watch the trump situation is another president assert that he has these extraordinary powers and has an authoritarian bent, certainly in his words, that are suggestive of being willing to do all kinds of things. he might pull back from an illegal act, bu...

The causes. gingrich at 3 32%. paul at 17%. romney is a%. do you think what he said cost him votes? >> its possible. you make a good point that he has championed the conservative cause for so long, it might be that the most passionate conservatives believe this is forgivable. he is such an issue for candidates, all year long, it would be hard to imagine he doesnt lose a few votes over this. its not just mitt romney, michele bachmann, using the word amnesty over and over. you are forgiving a crim...

Gop leaders are expected to get one more vote to get the vote to the floor. and trump trying to discredit the russia investigation. the president saying the probe is illegitimate saying comey leaked the memos to the press. the special counsel was established based on illegal act. does everybody know what that means? the department of justice is reviewing how comey handled memos which detail meetings with the president in early 2017. at least one of the memos was later classified as confidentia...

Source of it. thats one of the things theyll follow. keep in mind apparently the u.s. attorneys also looking at other things with cohens businesses. but the core of this right now is the money that was used to pay stormy daniels. >> and james, it seems like theres some real brevity with the cases, but traditionally, cases like this might take a long time. given that possible life span of this case, do you see that perhaps the president in his real afinley for michael cohen and defense of him mig...